Axel6

I don't know if you've ever auto-x against one or not, but I can tell you that the BASE Boxster is not even close in terms of performance. As has been stated, the Boxster 'S' makes a much better competitor.

I also hate to Magazine Race, but I think you will notice that most of the numbers on paper favor the S2000. I much rather see the results in real life however and I can say that a base Boxster does not compete. Again, nice car, but not on equal footing.

rai

Not to take one side or the other, but to say the S2000 is faster and so it's better, is like saying the Neon SRT-4 is faster than a RSX and so it's better.

But it just makes me see how good of a deal the S2000 is if people would take it straight up over a $43K car.

a36426

Just a matter of preference. I would take the Boxster over the S2000 anyday, even if the S2000 is priced at $10K.

OverBooster

I am going to say this despite the potential flaming...My opinion (at least from the sampling I see in my area) is the only people that buy Boxsters are those who really want a Porsche but cannot afford a Carrera. I call the Boxster the poor mans Porsche. There is such a significant price difference between the Boxster and the Carrera it makes me wonder in what areas did Porsche cut corners to keep the price down. To me (I am a huge Porsche enthusiast) it is the same as if Ferrari released an "affordable" model that was marketed to more the middle class that could be out performed by cars such as S2k, Evo, STi etc.. Maybe it makes good business sense to make a model affordable to the masses, but I can't help but think it puts a dent in the Manufacturers reputation when (for lack of a better word) lower cars can out perform it. Not that an STi, S2k, or EVO are lower cars but I assure you a Porsche will get more girls. Just my lame opinion so don't take too much time flaming me.

Ryan

CBeyond

I like the Boxster, but I have to say there are too many of them around in Los Angeles. There are hoardes of them being driven by ordinary people who don't think of them as a performance vehicle, but rather just a "get around" like the next step up from a VW when you get a better job at the movie studio.

The real reason I've never considered buying a Boxster is because the price/performance point was not reasonable, and I didn't want to pay $10K for a badge. However!!!! I do think the Boxster would be very fun to own, and it looks great in certain colors. Almost everyone in LA has some kind of silver, but it actually looks much better in white or one of the metallic blues. With the blue soft top, it looks really nice. The hard top looks cool too.

BTW if you ignore the prices, and take the S2000 out of the equation, I would still take a Corvette instead! (Sorry)

Mindcore

I'm not a huge fan of the Boxster, but I'm glad its around. That revenue generated allows Porsche to continue building the 911, GT and any other cool car that may roll out of thier plant

OverBooster

Good call!!

dbjb

is the thin air getting to you steve?

given what each car was designed to do, the Honda does it better than the Porsche.

Unless, of course, by "refined" you mean less horsepower and terrible shifter.

**Jay-V**

Overall, the S2000 out shines the Boxster, except for the "PIMP" factor

hpark

yes you are going to be flamed...a boxster is such a fantastic sports car, and in some ways even better than the 996 carrera...i really think you should take a drive of the boxster S...i'd easily take the boxster S over a carrera cabrio any day